Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-30

storm, and, after two days mingliug with
the boys, have found the weather too much
for them.
1t was long after midnight when the
banquet rendered to the local and visiting
correspondents of the press, by the Cali
fornia delegation at Armory Hall, came to
q close.
There were twelve hundred guests and
wine flowed like water. Such veteran
Journalist" as Generals Sherman and
Fairchild, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. Gov
ernors Oglesby, of Illinois, and Evans. OF
Colorado, were the leading post prandial
speakers, and kept the company in excel
lent hUmOr.
Precisely at nine o'clock the secret ses-
sions of the Encampment and the Woman's
Relief Corps were resumed at the Exposi-
tion building and Harmony Hall respect
lively.
At the Eucampment meeting Depart
ment Commander Smedbury, Of California,
submitted an important offer, in behalf OF
John G.. Capron and Colonel Holabird, of
San Diego, with a view To the establishment
of G. 4. X. Soldiers Home in that city.
The donation is in the form of land, and
is equivalent to one hundred thousand
dollars in cash. OF this the sum Of S35, 900
is to be expended in the immediate cree
ton of buildings. while it is proposed to
invest the balance in order to provide
FOR AN ENDOWMENT FUND.
If the proposition is accepted by the En-
campment the home will be placad under
the control OF three trustees, one appointed
hy the donors, the second by the EuCamp-
ment and the third by the other two. The
usual red tape resolutions ot soldiers
homes will be tabOOed, and actual service,
Grand Army membership, poverty and res,
idence in California will be the sole quail
fiCations for admission. The scheme, has
been extensively canyaSsed since the arTi-
val of the variOns delegations in the city,
and apparently meets with general favor.
There was a consultation this morning
between the Council OF Administration,
G n. Fairchild and Charles +. Gantz, Of
Albany, n. y, the representative Ot j. W.
Drexel, in reference to the acceptance OF
the Grant Cottage at Mount McGregor.
Ganiz had come here prepared to hand over
the deed for the cottage, but 1t was sug-
gested that there was difficulty in the
way of accepting the bsquest in the fact
that the Grand Army is not an incOrpOr-
ated body. This was referred to Judge
Advocate General TainteT, OF Connecticut,
who decided that it would only be neces-
sary to appoint board of trustees, IN whose
name the deed could be made out. He
held further that the deed might hetrans-
terred i'm trust to the national officers and
their successors. These two suggestions
were referred TO the National Encampment.
Then il WAS suggested that the Organiza-
tion had no fund available to apply to the
care and preservation of the cottage. MIR.
Gantz responded that the State Of New
York would attend to this feature of the
affair; that the Legislature would, in all
probability, add few thousand dollars,
and that with the receipts from the sale OF
souvenirs and trinkets the cottage and its
surroundings could be preserved III good
style. At the close of the conference there
was unanimous agreement that the gift
should be accepted.
A movement has been insugurated look
ing to the
REFLECTION or GENERAL FAIRcHILD
~ ICommander-iu- Chief 1t originated
with the California delegation, which was
in caucus until after two o'clock this morn
ing. Gen. SlOcum's candidacy was dis
missed quickly, and without even the
formality ofa ballot. Then there was a
contest between the supporters OF General
Grier, of this city, and Warner, OF Kansas
CITY. but both of them fell short Ot the
number necessary to hold the delegation.
As a last resort second term for General
Pairehild was suggested; the compromise
was Immediately adopted, and the delega-
tiOu at once unfurled the banner OF the
present tCommaRder-in-ChieL This morn
| ing il was working hard to gain recruits,
| in the expectation that sufficient support
will be secured to-day TO induce the Gen
eral 10 consent to the use of his name. In
the event OF peremptOry refusal the Cali
| fornians will throw their strength to War
uer. General Sherman has declared for
General Grier.
Only the Committee on Credentials re.
ported at the opening of the Encampment
this morning Something WAS expected
from the Committee on Resolutions, but
il failed to show up, much 70 the disap-
pointment of many of the delegates, who
are anxious to get at 4 discussion of the
pros and cons of ComFade NandervOOrt's
resolutions
CENsURING PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
for vetoiDg the Dependent Pension Bill.
The members OF the committee had en-
sconced themselves in a little room on the
gallery floor, and were having wrestling
match with the resolution, which lasted
IN TO the hour of adjournment OF the
morning session without any definite re-
suit. II is aaid, however, that three
fifths OF the committee ere in favor of re-
porting the resolution to the ensampment
in it's original shape.
Tho only definite action of importance IN
the eneanp8ept up to the dinner hour
was the adoption OF the pension bill giving
the widow of every soldier s. per month,
no matter whether death resulted from in
IuTies received in the army or elsewhere,
and which further makes every dependent
or paupeT soldiers discharge papers the
only necessary claim fos pension of $l2
monthly. Under this measure al yeteI-
ans who are inmates of charitable instita-
tions or soldiers home and who have the
proper discharge papers, or who can show
by the records thaE they were honOrably
utlOuAl NVN iOhl Tue rentIA army "Oulu
be entitled to this pension. The news of
the adoption OF the measure
CREATED CONsIDERAR Bile DISSATISFACTION
among the supporters of the Service Pen
sion bill, who wanted action upon their
own measure before the other one came up
for consideration. The Service bill will
come up this afternoon or tomorrow.
I The reunion by States at Forest Park,